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SampleRobot is fully compatible with Apple M1 and M2 systems. Although not a native compile it runs under the system’s internal Rosetta 2 architecture. This is all done automatically. You don’t have to worry about switching modes etc. A native compile is in the making.

SampleRobot can be installed on 2 different computers, of which you can use one at a time with SampleRobot. If you need more licenses please let us know and we'll send you a dedicated upgrade offer. If you cannot activate SampleRobot on your system even if you are activating for the first time, probably there is no internet connection on your system. In this case just use the manual activation link from the SampleRobot activation window.

If the download link is broken just add an https:// to the link starting with activation.samplerobot.com and copy both to the address bar of your browser.

A download link to the included Premium Instruments is prodived when selecting the dedicated entry in the Help menu in SampleRobot. The multisamples are captured from the following instruments: Andromeda, CS01, JD-800, Jupiter-8, K5000S, Microwave XT, MS-20, Neuron, Prophet-5, Prophet VS, SH-101, Sigma, VX600 and Xpander.

You can sample a lot of things with SampleRobot (e.g. acoustic or electro-acoustic instruments, your voice, nature sounds you recorded etc.) without having to worry about copyright issues. When it comes to sampling an electronic instrument (hardware or software) it depends. If you sample your own patches (created by you) you can e.g. create soundsets and sell them via your channels. If you sample presets you probably need the approval of the company that owns the copyright. For example there was a plugin released in the past that could emulate the Roland D-50 but they sampled the original wave files from the sound memory which are copyright-protected by Roland. The plugin manufacturer had to stop selling this instrument immediately. If you are unsure about what might be legal please consult a lawyer in this field.

Sampling a virtual instrument on the same computer as SampleRobot can be tricky at times. You need to establish virtual connections for Midi and audio. If you are on Windows here is a good tutorial for an older version of SampleRobot which will also work with the new version.

https://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/03/recording-virtual-instruments-with.html

If you are on Mac you can find a description how to create a virtual Midi port here:

https://www.johanlooijenga.com/tools/

If you are in search for an application that can rout back the audio playback to another application, we can recommed Soundflower which can be downloaded for free from various internet sources.

The automatic function should give you good results in most cases but if you record samples with background noise or long release tails it can sometimes happen that the Note-In marker is set to a wrong position. SampleRobot records a little bit of silence before the actual recording for its transient detection. Sometimes there are peaks in the background noise that are erroneously detected as a start point of a sample. In this case just drag the Silence-Out marker right next to the point of the false detection and start the Auto Note process from the Note tab on the 'Sample Info and Settings' section for this sample again. Then SampleRobot detects the next peak that is higher than the noise threshold.

You can also initiate the function 'Auto-note for all' (Edit menu) with the option to process all Note-In markers at the same time. If your sound has a long release tail you should adjust the record pause setting accordingly to avoid an overlap of sound. There is also a parameter in SampleRobot that you can adjust before recording. If you select a multisample you will find it on the right side of the graphical user interface on the XPert tab. It's called Threshold Precision In. If you lower this value (a little bit) SampleRobot will be more tolerant in respect of background noise. You can experiment with different values to see if that makes the recognition more accurate.

This message means that Note-In and Note-Out markers are placed at the same location making the sample's length 0. This can happen during export when you either forgot to save your previously recorded project and reloaded it (always save your projects after sampling) or you did an automatic recording session but there was no audio input or a wrongly assigned audio input, so you basically recorded silence. When that happens SampleRobot does not know where to place markers since the transient recognition does not work with silence. If you see audio coming in on the Peak Meter while you play the virtual keyboard in SampleRobot the Midi and audio connections are good. Other than that, if you record samples with a lot of background noise or with very long release tails it can also happen that note recognition is faulty. In the latter case you can adjust the recording pause accordingly to avoid this. If your samples have been recorded properly and you see the correct waveform but you still get the "Note's length equals zero" message just drag the Note-In and Note-Out markers for that note to the correct positions.

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